Zusammenfassungen

Many companies have recently started to offer wearable computing
devices including glasses, bracelets, and watches. While this technology
enables exciting new applications, it also poses new security and
privacy concerns. In this work, we explore these implications and analyze
the impact of one of the first networked wearable devices—smartwatches—
on an academic environment. As a proof of concept, we develop an
application for the Pebble smartwatch called ConTest that would allow
dishonest students to inconspicuously collaborate on multiple-choice exams
in real time, using a cloud-based service, a smartphone, and a client
application on a smartwatch. We discuss the broader implications of this
technology, suggest hardware and software approaches that can be used
to prevent such attacks, and pose questions for future research.